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" I think the environmental problem will be the number one item on the agenda of the 21st century... This is a problem that cannot be postponed. "

Mikhail Gorbachev

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" My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons. "

" There is no larger collective-action problem than the environment. The three biggest lies of the environmental movement is that every little bit helps, you can do your part, and together we can do it. "

" If every country's climate policy was driven purely by environmental science, we may have no need for international agreements. "

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" Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country. "

" We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas. "

" I had never been able to get a car that said how much I cared about the environment until I drove electric. "

" The Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS), which controls the living environment on shuttles and on the International Space Station, doesn't have the luxury of disposal: discharging trash into space has long been judged a bad idea. "

" Environmental justice, for those of you who may not be familiar with the term, goes something like this: no community should be saddled with more environmental burdens and less environmental benefits than any other. "

" Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity. "

" We know that the environment and political information is important, and we expose and teach the women about some of the environmental factors that lead to their incarceration. "

" Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms. "

" It's Nixon who created the Environmental Protection Agency. Clean Air and Water Acts. Endangered Species Act. Promoted affirmative action. One could go on and on with Nixon as a New Deal liberal on domestic policy and a hawk, but one with great geo-political skills. "

Douglas Brinkley

" If current technological processes continue without change, the environment will change, and we, the human species, will either have to mutate or even die, to disappear, as many species have disappeared. "

Mikhail Gorbachev

" The world faces enormous human development and environmental challenges, from poverty and disease to food security and climate change. "

" We now see numerous examples of brands working together to address issues such as environmental degradations, climate control, pollution, poverty and disease. "

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" You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health and nutrition. "

Gro Harlem Brundtland

" Building a 'Green Gabon' has always been a central pillar of my government, and in 2014, I introduced a new legal framework that puts environmental protection and sustainable development firmly at the heart of our future economic growth. "

Ali Bongo Ondimba

" I think the future for solar energy is bright. "

" Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination. "

" What is the future going to say about us now? What are our kids going to look at us and say, 'How could you not stop that person from getting into power? How could you not stop that environmental disaster that you saw coming a mile away?' "

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" You begin to see that all of these things are connected: The kind of cuts that mean less environmental protection are also the kind of cuts that mean less musical education for the schools and that also mean more overcrowded schools. "

" I'm anti-tax, but I'm pro-carbon tax. "

" There has been a banking crisis, a financial crisis, an economic crisis, a social crisis, a geostrategic crisis and an environmental crisis. That's considerable in a country that's used to being protected. "

Jean-Francois Cope

" Mother Nature comes up against reality, and the reality is that the system doesn't work. "

" If the U.S. fails to set the rules for global trade, then other countries with records of environmental and labor abuses, like China, will step in to fill the void. "

" If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. "

Henry David Thoreau

" Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation? "

" As a member of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, I'm committed to finding consensus on legislation to address our environmental and energy challenges. "

" You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life. "

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